PRSay

OCTOBER 10, 2022

brands have been gearing up full throttle on PR and marketing communications campaigns. As an agency that heavily infuses fun creative in our earned, social and digital media campaigns, we wanted to understand consumers’ appetite for lighthearted approaches in brand marketing, given this challenging news climate. Fun is healthy.

Consumer 164

Consumer Brand Branding Marketing 164

Agility PR Solutions

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Gen Z spending declined ever so slightly in investment bank Piper Sandler Companies’ 46th semi-annual Taking Stock With Teens survey, in partnership with education global high-school-student network DECA. appeared first on Agility PR Solutions.

Survey 110

Survey Banking Brand Branding 110

The Hoyt Organization

MARCH 8, 2024

How can you make sure your brand stands out in a sea of competition? Effective storytelling is about creating a compelling narrative that connects your brand with its audience on an emotional level. By telling the story of your brand, you give it personality and make it relatable to consumers.

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Storytelling Brand Branding Consumer 94

PRSay

JULY 10, 2023

Given the rapid pace of change and the harsh partisan rhetoric that seeps into even seemingly innocuous issues, there is reason to believe that brands and politics will become even more intertwined — especially as the 2024 presidential election nears. Among them, do brands have a responsibility to develop a public political strategy?

Brand 145

Brand Branding Nonprofit Government 145

Sword and the Script

MAY 28, 2019

That’s the backdrop for brands considering taking a public stand on a political position. That’s not what we’re talking about here and in my observation, there have been more voices urging brands to take a political position. The ensuing narrative has been that “taking a stand is no longer an option for brands.”. Click To Tweet.

Survey 124

Survey Brand Branding Analysis 124

Agility PR Solutions

JUNE 29, 2023

Being a patriotic brand in 2023 isn’t as simple and straightforward as back in the baseball and apple pie days—different groups have varying and conflicting interpretations of what represents patriotism amid the divisiveness.

Survey 78

Survey Company Brand Branding 78

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

APRIL 20, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has upended long-planned marketing and PR campaigns for nearly every major brand. Early into the social distancing phase several brands quickly acknowledged the situation through visuals. But the most PR-powerful gesture may have been by Yum Brands. Youth brands fight bad info, promote mental health.

Brand 284

Brand Branding Small Business Retail 284

Agility PR Solutions

JANUARY 21, 2024

Email has long been and remains the decided consumer preference for interacting with brands, but if you look deeper, there are caveats to this truism—new research from business-to-consumer conversation enabling firm Sinch affirms the power of email, but its survey of more than 2,000 global consumers on how they engage with brand communications also (..)

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Google Brand Branding Survey 100

Agility PR Solutions

MARCH 17, 2022

With wartime actions escalating in Ukraine, and as businesses struggle to align their marketing strategy with public conscience and growing scrutiny from consumers, new research from consumer insights enterprise platform Zappi shows that consumers have high expectations of brands and how they respond to the Russia-Ukraine conflict.

Consumer 147

Consumer Brand Branding Enterprise 147

Agility PR Solutions

AUGUST 7, 2023

Voya Financial recently partnered with the Institute for Public Relations (IPR) on a comprehensive research report titled “Disabilities in the Workplace: Culture, Communication, Support, and Inclusion” that analyzes a survey of 1,014 employees from various companies to determine how […] The post Consumers and employees want more inclusion of (..)

Employee 148

Employee Consumer Brand Branding 148

Sword and the Script

JANUARY 30, 2024

20% of 2,000 readers surveyed say they unsubscribe from email marketing because they get too many messages The number one reason people unsubscribe from email distribution lists is they feel like they get too many messages. When brands act like the media, they focus on giving the audience what they need. Need an extra pair of hands?

Survey 115

Survey Marketing B2B Content Marketing 115

NewsWhip

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

With a seemingly endless slew of platforms, daily content calendars filled with scheduled tweets and photos no longer cut it when it comes to brands making an impact. Instead, bite-sized, short-form videos are where brands will see the most engagement. We took a look at a few brands who have been paving the way.

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Video Brand Branding Instagram 148

5W PR

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

5W Public Relations has released their 2020 Holiday Shopping Survey, which looks at consumer intentions as the holiday shopping season approaches. The findings from the survey will be especially useful to brands trying to tap into consumer thinking and spending after months of economic uncertainties due to the coronavirus.

Survey 158

Survey Retail Consumer Agency 158

Communications Conversations

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

If your feed is like most people’s you’ll notice a ton of: Branded graphics – Some brands’ entire feeds are made of up these graphics. Yet, brands continue to use it regularly in their social content. This is what we see in our feeds from brands in 2022, right? That’s a pretty damning stat.

Brand 215

Brand Branding Instagram Video 215

Prowly

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

A whopping 88% of brand executives view reputation risk as a top strategic business concern, according to a survey by Deloitte. Otherwise, your brand might end up losing market value and plunging into a financial deep hole. When a reputation crisis hits your company, you must take action to rebuild your public image.

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Reputation Crisis Brand Branding 210

Agility PR Solutions

AUGUST 25, 2022

The survey, carried out by Opinium this summer, found: More than two-thirds […]. The post Writing in focus: Spelling, grammar errors can cost brands customers, cash and reputation appeared first on Agility PR Solutions.

Reputation 157

Reputation Writing Brand Branding 157

Cision

APRIL 5, 2017

Brands know that emotions are powerful motivators and an emotional campaign can heavily influence buyer behavior. Brands that are shying away from emotion as a motivator, or merely only as a data-set to inform a marketing persona are fighting with one hand tied behind their backs. . Duracell is “Trusted Everywhere”.

Brand 252

Brand Branding YouTube Social Media 252

NewsWhip

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Canadian brands know this. If you want to appeal to Canadians, connecting your brand to the game has always been a safe bet. . For context, Tim Hortons’ brand DNA is hockey so their departure made headline news. Tools like NewsWhip’s real-time and predictive alerts can keep you informed when a story about your brand breaks.

Brand 148

Brand Branding Sports Crisis 148

Agility PR Solutions

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

In an unstable year fraught with health and financial fragility, consumers chose to recognize brands with established loyalty bona fides rather than acknowledge new brands, according to the 2021 Loyalty Leaders List, an annual report from customer loyalty and engagement research firm Brand Keys.

Brand 163

Brand Branding Financial Survey 163

Sword and the Script

MARCH 23, 2021

Strategic marketing initiatives like brand building are back in style because the pandemic and politics have put trust top-of-mind. In sharing the analysis on Twitter, one digital marketing consultant noted , the study scared him until he “started thinking about branding again.”. Brand building has been on the out-and-out for years.

Brand 120

Brand Branding Marketing B2B 120

Agility PR Solutions

OCTOBER 6, 2022

New research from comms giant WE Communications reveals growing skepticism over whether brands are ultimately delivering on their purpose and environmental, social and governance (ESG) pledges—especially in a world where volatility is the new constant.

Brand 86

Brand Branding Government Survey 86

Contently - Strategy

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Here’s something that might surprise you: branded content is now a part of 80 percent of consumers’ lives. Earlier this year, we surveyed 1,072 Americans about what they want from branded content. Brands need to up their meme game (and spend more time on simple, visual content in general).

Brand 132

Brand Branding Banking Survey 132

Agility PR Solutions

OCTOBER 3, 2021

The overwhelming majority of consumers (80 percent) are more likely to shop with brands that show they understand their needs by sending relevant, personalized offers this holiday season, reveals new consumer research from CX software firm Redpoint Global. Conducted by Dynata, the survey of more than 1,000 U.S.

Brand 156

Brand Branding Software Survey 156

Business Wire

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

workers in a September survey by The Conference Board cited stress and burnout as critical challenges, up from 55% six months earlier. What caused “The Great Resignation” of 2021? million Americans quit their jobs in November alone, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Three-quarters of 1,800 U.S.

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Blogging Conference Survey Employee 292

Sword and the Script

JULY 25, 2023

Brand building is increasingly important as B2B prospects come to a decision before ever talking to sales, yet a new report finds 69% of CFOs view brand marketing as a cost center Most searches are zero-click searches. In effect, it’s made branding cool again. There’s a lot of evidence that brand building is valuable.

B2B 95

B2B Brand Branding Marketing 95

Agility PR Solutions

JULY 12, 2021

There’s been an increase in inappropriate or misleading user-generated content (UGC) online since the onset of the COVID crisis, and it has caused consumers to have trust issues with brands, reveals new research from CX and digital solutions firm TELUS International.

Brand 170

Brand Branding Survey Crisis 170

Agility PR Solutions

APRIL 10, 2023

Investment bank Piper Sandler Companies has been surveying teens about discretionary spending trends and brand preferences for many years, and has now released its 45th semi-annual Taking Stock with Teens survey, in partnership with global high-school-student network DECA, receiving input from 5,690 teens across 47 U.S.

Trends 78

Trends Brand Branding Banking 78

Agility PR Solutions

MAY 10, 2023

Six in 10 (59 percent) of more than a thousand event professionals in a new survey believe that accessibility, diversity and sustainability are crucial aspects of the events they choose to attend—a particularly significant statement as it indicates a shift in the priorities of event attendees, as well as an increased awareness of the importance […] (..)

Brand 94

Brand Branding Survey Marketing 94

Agility PR Solutions

SEPTEMBER 27, 2020

Technology and social networking brands are the loyalty beneficiaries of the coronavirus pandemic, as seventeen percent of this year’s Brand Keys Top 100 Loyalty Leaders were represented in those two sectors. The findings were a key insight from the annual survey from loyalty and customer engagement research consultancy Brand Keys.

Brand 157

Brand Branding Survey Study 157

Agility PR Solutions

OCTOBER 18, 2021

As brand marketers anxiously bite their nails fretting over the 2021 holiday shopping forecast, new large-scale research from PowerReviews sheds new light on consumers’ plans for this critical season—and contrasts this year’s consumer sentiment with its survey results from 1 year ago. appeared first on Agility PR Solutions.

Study 156

Study Brand Branding Survey 156

Agility PR Solutions

DECEMBER 17, 2023

New holiday-shopping survey results should serve as a reminder to brands and retailers: Consumers know how they want to engage, and it’s vital to meet their expectations for where, when and how they prefer to shop.

Survey 94

Survey Consumer Retail Meeting 94

5W PR

APRIL 10, 2023

Brands must align values with ethical practices. To connect with modern consumers, a brand can update its values using various strategies. Conducting Market Research To update brand values, start by conducting market research. This helps brands understand what matters to consumers and how they decide what to buy.

Consumer 88

Consumer Brand Branding Ethics 88

Agility PR Solutions

OCTOBER 6, 2022

New research findings from global adtech firm Perion Network, from its survey fielded by Lucid, reveal that 95 percent of consumer respondents believe it is vital to buy from brands they trust—demonstrating that consumers demand data privacy protection.

Data 94

Data Consumer Privacy Brand 94

Agility PR Solutions

APRIL 28, 2021

A new survey from brand management software company Frontify queried in-house branding experts to see how co-creative their brand development and management process is—uncovering critical opportunities for improvement and top challenges in the process.

Brand 86

Brand Branding Software Survey 86

Agility PR Solutions

NOVEMBER 21, 2021

Communicators have increased their prioritization of brand language to enhance cross-channel customer engagement, but new research from brand language optimization firm Phrasee reveals growing stress over creating high-quality content amidst constant change.

Enterprise 146

Enterprise Brand Branding Marketing 146

Agility PR Solutions

JUNE 14, 2022

Customer experience quality fell for 19 percent of brands in 2022, according to new research from Forrester—the highest proportion of brands to drop in one year since the firm first started doing this survey. In addition, CX quality has fallen back to early 2020 levels, reversing gains made in 2021.

Crisis 146

Crisis Brand Branding Survey 146

Cision

APRIL 21, 2017

Customers who are quick to tell all their friends and social networks how much they adore your brand. I call these brand fanatics. Now, these people may be willing to spread the word about your brand for you, but in my experience, a little nurturing of that relationship never hurts. Acknowledge Them. Make Them VIP Customers.

Brand 229

Brand Branding Social Media Survey 229